Obama for Sousveillance

Today in the newspaper there was an article that specifically mentioned
sousveillance versus surveillance, indentifying Obama with sousveillance
and his opponent, McCain, with surveillance.

Quote from article:

It's a
choice between philosophies and worldviews. It's a choice grounded in
moral psychology. We will choose between different portions of our own
brains,...

In the end, this election is a referendum on trusting the electorate. It's a referendum on democracy itself.

One candidate represents collaboration, optimism... and yes,
"change." The other represents fear and greed, and his campaign
reflects the lower-order impulses...
still frantically sending memo after memo to our lizard brains:
Khalidi, Ayers, redistribution... be afraid! And the more this old
strategem fails, the harder they try....

But it also reflects a fundamental belief, one held deep in the heart of the powerful elite McCain represents...
They think self-government is too important to be left to the voters.

That's why they've condemned Obama's donors, too -- all 30 million
of them....
that list of 100 million suspects....
To them, minorities are
nothing more than an especially untrustworthy subset of an unsavory
crowd.

The only thing that makes a citizen more of a threat than voting is
"voting while black." ... creating
long waiting lines at "separate but equal" polling places in states
like Ohio, despite the fact that what they're doing is no different
from what was done under Jim Crow segregation.

It's also why we fight. Don't let up. Vote. Help others vote. Bring
camcorders, cell phones, and cameras to your polling place for some
election "sousveillance" (surveillance from below.) Document the intrusions.
You can sign up here to help track problems, or you can participate in the Election Protection Wiki described here. And work hard over the next few days to get out the vote.

Democracy isn't a subversive activity. It's our way of life, our
highest ideal. They will try to overrule the will of the people on Nov.
4. Don't let them.